Question follow-through · 21125
Civil Defence
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking with the Joint Civil Aid Corps (JCAC) to help improve the resiliency of the UK's civil defence.
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- Answering body
- Ministry of Defence
- Tabled
- 18 Dec 2024
- Target answer date
- 6 Jan 2025
- Answer
- 10 Jan 2025 · 23 calendar days after tabling
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Votes on this topic
- Opposition Day Motion: Defence spending and readiness - Prime Minister's Amendment · 23 Jun 2026
- Opposition day: Defence spending and readiness · 23 Jun 2026
- Armed Forces Bill Report Stage: Amendment 11 · 22 Jun 2026
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Recorded timeline
18 Dec 2024
Question tabled
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking with the Joint Civil Aid Corps (JCAC) to help improve the resiliency of the UK's civil defence.
6 Jan 2025
Target answer date
Date supplied by the official written-questions record.
10 Jan 2025
Answer published
The Ministry of Defence engages with other Government Departments and civil authorities in the event that military aid is sought by them to respond to disruptive challenges to national resilience. Under the Military Aid to the Civil Authorities (MACA) pro...
Official data retrieved 27 Sept 2026.
Later records
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